Why isn't Rick James dead yet?

posted March 8, 2004 by Jer

"What did the Hand say to the Face?" - The next person I hear saying this, I will slap personally. In fact, I'll make a special effort to come down on it.

Okay, the Charlie Murphy story about Rick James was funny. In fact, it was god damned hilarious. But I swear to CHRIST I'm sick of people repeating that one line ad nausium! I hear it on the Metro, I hear it on the street, I here it at parties and EVERY TIME I HEAR IT it repeated no less than 5 times within 2 minutes of the first utterance.

FIRST OFF There was a WHOLE LOT of other funny crap that came out of the whole Charlie Murphy/Rick James thing besides the 5 fingers/face joke. Second, everyone misquotes it. It's "What did the 5 fingers say to the face?" not "What did the hand say to the face?", and though it's not a particular atrocity in the great scheme of things, misquotation is one of my most fundamental pet peeves. Third... eh, I guess there isn't a third. This whole thing is just stupid and annoying.